Re: Fw: version/specification of Ispell dictionaries

From: Luis Rivera <jlrn7_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Nov 19 2008 - 21:37:31 CET

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J.L.Rivera, MPhil.
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--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Dominic Lachowicz <domlachowicz@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> "J.M. Maurer" <uwog@uwog.net> wrote
>
> > I think you forget that we don't support MySpell on
> Win32. We only
> > support ispell atm.
>
> No, I haven't forgotten that. I'd like for us to
> start using Enchant
> on Win32 - the sooner, the better. But I've been saying
> that for years
> now.

That means that I'm on my own, at least for the time being.

> I'd argue that we've never truly
> "supported" Ispell. We're
> capable of using a small, outdated subset of Ispell
> dictionaries whose
> build options we've never documented. The fact that
> Ispell's file
> format is so fragile is regrettable. [...]
> Besides, I included a link to the code that
> "documents" the Ispell
> dictionary build options.
>

I'll give Ispell a shot in the meanwhile. Seems that support for Enchant in Win32 is nowhere near the corner.

Thanks to all!

Luis.

      
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